May 10, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have proposed a new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus, one of the elements important for life on Earth. The theory suggests a type of stellar explosion known as ONe novae as a major source of phosphorus. After the Big Bang, almost all...
New tech may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless devices
May 10, 2024 (Nanowerk News) What if your earbuds could do everything your smartphone can do already, except better? What sounds a bit like science fiction may actually not be so far off. A new class of synthetic materials could herald the next revolution of wireless technologies, enabling devices to...
Squeezed by neighbors, planet glows with molten lava
May 10, 2024 (Nanowerk News) UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn’t sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed. Kane never expected to learn that a planet in this faraway star system is covered with so many active...
Plunge into a Black Hole with NASA’s new immersive visualization (w/video)
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. In this visualization of a flight toward a...
Researchers harness blurred light to 3D print high quality optical components
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Canadian researchers have developed a new 3D printing method called blurred tomography that can rapidly produce microlenses with commercial-level optical quality. The new method may make it easier and faster to design and fabricate a variety of optical devices. “We purposely added optical blurring to...
Researchers create 2D all-organic perovskites and demonstrate potential use in 2D electronics
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Perovskites are among the most researched topics in materials science. Recently, a research team led by Prof. LOH Kian Ping, Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Chemistry and Global STEM Professor of the Department of Applied Physics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Dr...
Astrophysicists discover a novel method for hunting the first stars
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Shortly after the Universe began with the Big Bang, the first stars, composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, began to form. The properties of these first-generation stars, Pop III, are very different from stars like our own Sun or even the ones that are forming...
Discovering optimal conditions for mass production of ultraviolet holograms
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Professor Junsuk Rho from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, Hyunjung Kang and Nara Jeon, PhD candidates, from Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dongkyo Oh, a PhD student, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology...
Physicists reveal the microscopic basis of a new form of quantum magnetism
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Not all magnets are the same. When we think of magnetism, we often think of magnets that stick to a refrigerator’s door. For these types of magnets, the electronic interactions that give rise to magnetism have been understood for around a century, since the early...
Scientists developed innovative method to customize and strengthen DNA origami structures
May 09, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A new technique in building DNA structures at a microscopic level has the potential to advance drug delivery and disease diagnosis, a study suggests. A team of scientists, from the universities of Portsmouth and Leicester in the UK, has developed an innovative way to customise...